Chipped into the brain of a combat soldier so that he can report from the forbidden front line of a distant planetary war, journalist Lex Falk gets more than he bargains for when the soldier is killed and he must find a way to take over the body and get himself to safety. Original. 20,000 first printing.
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO GET A STORY. When journalist Lex Falk gets himself chipped into the brain of a combat soldier, he thinks he has the ultimate scoop - a report from the forbidden front line of a distant planetary war, live to the living rooms of Earth. When the soldier is killed, however, Lex has to take over the body and somehow get himself back to safety once more... broadcasting all the way.
Heart-stopping combat science fiction from the million-selling Warhammer 40,000 author.
File Under: Science Fiction [ Future Warefare | Chipped-In | Anything For a Story | Get Out Alive! ]
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"Abnett takes an ingenious idea and produces a nail-biting tale that has serious things to say about war and the news media." - Eric Brown, The Guardian
"Dan Abnett makes war so real you want to duck." - SciFi.com
"The cinematic scope and dizzying vision we're shown puts most recent SF movie epics into deep shade." - SF Site
"Abnett delivers the kind of pulsating military sci-fi that we all know he can" - Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
Dan Abnett is a seven-times New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning comic book writer. He has written over fifty novels, including the acclaimed Gaunts Ghosts series, the Eisenhorn Cycle, volumes of the million-selling Horus Heresy series, The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who), Rocket Raccoon and Groot: Steal the Galaxy, Triumff, and Embedded. In comics, his 2008 run on The Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel formed the inspiration for the blockbuster movies. He is also noted for significant work on DCs Legion of Superheroes and Aquaman. A regular contributor to the UKs long-running 2000AD, he is the creator of series including Brink, Grey Area, Lawless, Kingdom and the classic Sinister Dexter. He has also written extensively for the games industry, including Shadow of Mordor and Alien:Isolation. Dan lives and works in the UK.
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